April is Autism Month. Through this episode, multimedia reporter Amelia Jarecke seeks to take listeners beyond autism awareness to autism inclusion and empowerment by:
featuring autistic students who explain what having autism feels like
explaining the history of autism misinformation and the current misconceptions about the syndrome, and
discussing ways in which non-austitic people can think, speak, and act in a way that empowers people on the spectrum.

This episode features Kathy Dow-Burger, a University of Maryland Department of Hearing and Speech Science clinical associate professor, the Founder and Coordinator of the Social Interaction Group Network for All (SIGNA), and Co-Director of the University of Maryland Autism Research Consortium; the president of the Autism Student Group, junior computer engineering student Nina Agrawal; and treasurer of the Autism Student Group junior information science student Emmet Ryan.

Resources:
Social Interaction Group Network for ALL or UMD SIGNA
http://signa.umd.edu/
The Autism Student Group
https://terplink.umd.edu/organization/autismsupportgroup
“Anti-Vaccine Movement'' from You’re Wrong About
https://www.stitcher.com/show/youre-wrong-about/episode/the-anti-vaccine-movement-81281035
“Why Autism Functioning Labels Are Harmful -- and What to Say Instead.” by Jessica Flynn
https://themighty.com/2018/07/autism-functioning-labels-low-functioning-high-functioning/

Music:
“Motions” by Marco Sesay
https://soundcloud.com/marco-sesay/fuego

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